Arumugam or Arumukan is a

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

male

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. Due to the Tamil tradition of using

patronymic surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based o ...

s it may also be a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

for males and females. Arumugam is one of the many names of the

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

god

Murugan Kartikeya (/ kɑɾt̪ɪkejə/; ), also known as Skanda ( /skən̪d̪ə/), Subrahmanya (/ sʊbɾəɦməɲjə/, /ɕʊ-/), Shanmukha ( /ɕɑnmʊkʰə/) and Murugan (/ mʊɾʊgən/), is the Hindu god of war. He is generally described as the ...

, which refers to his six faces (Aru = six + Mugam = face).

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Arumugam Arumugam or Arumukan is a Tamils, Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil name, Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. Arumugam is one of the many names of the Hinduism, Hindu god Murugan, whic ...

, Indian politician * A. Arumugam, Indian politician * A. S. A. Arumugam, Indian politician * C. Arumugam, Indian politician * J. N. Arumugam (1896–?), Ceylonese civil servant * K. Arumugam (Hockey Journalist) * R. Arumugam (1953–1988), Malaysian footballer * R. S. Arumugam, Indian politician * T. Arumugam, Indian politician *

T. P. Arumugam T. P. Arumugam is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate from Tiruchengode constituency in the 1996 ...

, Indian politician * V. Arumugam, Indian politician * V. Arumugam, Malaysian politician * Veerapandi S. Arumugam (1937–2012), Indian politician *

Arumuka Navalar Arumuka Navalar (; 18 December 1822 – 5 December 1879) was a Sri Lankan Shaivite Tamil language scholar and a religious reformer who was central in reviving native Hindu Tamil traditions in Sri Lanka and India. Navalar's birth name was N ...

(1822–1879), Ceylonese revivalist

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* Arumugam Arulpiragasam (died 1975), Ceylonese civil servant *

Arumugam Canagaratnam Arumugam Canagaratnam (; 1873–1929) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Early life and family Canagaratnam was born in 1873. He was the son of Visuvanathan Arumugam. Canagaratnam was educated at Jaffna ...

(1873–1929), Ceylonese lawyer and politician * Arumugam Kandaiah Premachandran (born 1957), Sri Lankan politician * Arumugam Kandiah Sarveswaran, Sri Lankan politician * Arumugam Mohanasundaram (1928–2012), Indian actor * Arumugam Pillai Coomaraswamy (1783–1836), Ceylonese politician * Arumugam Sinnaththurai Thurairajah Raviharan, Sri Lankan politician * Arumugam Thiagarajah (1916–1981), Sri Lankan teacher and politician * Arumugam Thondaman (born 1964), Sri Lankan politician * Arumugam Vijiaratnam (1921–2016), Singaporean athlete * Arumugam Wisvalingam Mailvaganam (1906–1987), Sri Lankan physicist and academic * David Arumugam, Malaysian singer *

Loganathan Arumugam Dato’ Loganathan Arumugam (15 July 1953 – 4 June 2007), better known as Loga, was a Malaysian musician and singer who was one of the founding members of the band Alleycats. Loga was one of the lead singers of Alleycats along with his elde ...

(1953–2007), Malaysian singer *

Nicole Arumugam Nicole Arumugam is a British actress, who is half Malaysian. She is best known for appearing on British television, most notably the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', where she played Michelle Fowler's college friend and flatmate Shelley Lewis fr ...

, British actress

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